Brothers Osborne Hope to Carry on Country Music’s Tradition of Saying Things That Matter

Brothers Osborne aren't afraid to speak their minds. The sibling duo, made up of TJ and John Osborne, were lured into the country music genre by the artists who came before them who refused to conform to be politically correct -- something the brothers hope to emulate.

"That’s what’s so bada-- about country music, and why right now everyone’s so scared to get political or say anything that means anything. Merle Haggard, all those guys, they were so bada-- because they spoke up for every American in the country. All of them," TJ Osborne shared recently with The Boot and other reporters at a media event. "[The genre has] party songs, and we like to have a good time, but they were a true artist. They said things that mattered to people. I think that absolutely it’s the coolest thing about country music.

"It’s been a little lost lately," Osborne adds. "We hope we can bring it back."

"That’s what any artistry, really country music or any genre -- Artists are supposed to speak for people. They’re supposed to be a release for people," says TJ Osborne. "Hopefully we get to write songs that are like therapy for us. And then the best thing you can have, above the money, above the awards, above anything -- if you can have that song that’s therapy for you and it relates to the listener and helps them through the same thing you were trying to get through, you can’t even put it into words how amazing that is."